To: A. I. RYKOV and A. M. LEZHAEV

SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, Rykov

PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE, Lezhaev

To: I. G. RUDAKOV. SEPTEMBER 10, 1920

A number of major export deals in timber, concluded by our London trade delegation, have great political and economic significance, effectively breaking through the blockade. For this reason, it is necessary to give the most serious attention to ensuring that the fulfillment of these deals is carried out precisely and punctually, in accordance with the conditions agreed upon. I request that all necessary measures be taken immediately in this direction and that effective control over their implementation be established.

At the same time, it is evident that there is a necessity for the utmost expansion of our export fund and, in the first place, the intensification of the procurement of export timber. In order to give this work an urgent character, I request that in the shortest possible time a draft decree be developed and presented to the Council of People's Commissars concerning measures which must be adopted, including the organization of control over institutions responsible for the procurement of export raw materials.320

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin

Written September 10, 1920

Published September 18, 1920

In the newspaper "Ekonomicheskaya Zhizn'" No. 207

Printed from the text written in an unknown hand and signed by V. I. Lenin